Our world is awash in data. To mean anything, it must be presented in a way that enables us to interpret, analyze, and apply the information. One of the best ways to do that is visually.

Nathan Yau is a pioneer of this innovative approach. In this book, he offers you dozens of ideas for telling your story with data presented in creative, visual ways. Open the book, open your mind, and discover an almost endless variety of ways to give your data new dimensions.

Learn to present data with visual representations that allow your audience to see the unexpected

Find the stories your data can tell

Explore different data sources and determine effective formats for presentation

Experiment with and compare different visualization tools

Look for trends and patterns in your data and select appropriate ways to chart them

Establish clear goals to guide your visualizations

Visit the companion web site at www.wiley.com/go/visualizethis for code samples, data files you can download, and interactive examples to show you how visualization works